Side rake attachment for hay-loaders.



J. C.WEAVER.

S'IDE RAKE ATTACHMENT FOR HAY LOADERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 1914.

1,134;,171n I Patented.Apr6,1915.

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W/WM B 6% M ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTOLITHO.. wAsHINpToN. D.C

iINiE JOSEPH C. WEAVER, OF ZANESVILLE, INDIANA.

SIDE RAKE ATTACHMENT FOR HAY-LOADERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 191 5.

Application med April 4, 1914. Serial No. 829,677.

v To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at Zanesville, county of Allen,and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Side Rake Attachments for Hay-Loaders of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an attachment to be applied to hayloaders ofordinary construction, and is for the purpose of gathering hay that hasfallen from the wagon dur ing the loading process, and also forgathering hay usually left by the loader proper in turning corners, andconveying the hay so gathered into the path of the hayloader proper bywhich the hay is finally recovered and loaded upon the wagon to whichthe loader is coupled.

The objects of the invention are: first, to provide an apparatus of itskind having the necessary actuating means of operation by which itsworking parts are driven independently of the mechanism of thehayloader; and second, to provide an adjustable connection, and otheradjustable features so that the apparatus may be held at a properelevation above the ground and in suitable relation with the loaderproper. These objects are accomplished by the construction illustratedin the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device and showing also a portion of thehayloader to which it is attached; and Fi g. 2 is a side ele-- vation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail view to more plainly illustrate theconnection between the pitman 29 and the wheel 141.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothviews, and referring now to the same:

1 indicates a hayloader which is of known construction and adapted to beattached to and drawn by the wagon, the connection being made at thecoupling 2. A bracket 3 is secured to one of the beams 4 of thehayloader and has two studs 5 projecting vertically therefrom. Acoupling plate 6 is loosely mounted upon the studs, and upon each studis a spring 7 interposed between the plate and the bracket so that thelatter is held upwardly by the pressure of the springs. Each stud hasalso a series of holes 8, adapted for the insertion of pins 9 for thepurpose of limiting the upward play of the plate.

A beam 10 is connected to the plate 6 by a pivot bolt 11 and also by acap screw or bolt 12 that extends through a slot 18 made in the plate,the latter allowing the bolt 12 to move therein when the beam isadjustably turned upon the pivot bolt 11. The outer end of the beam 10is supported upon a trailer consisting of a ground-wheel 1a mounted in aswivel-bracket 15, the shank 16 thereof extending through the beam. Aseries of holes 17 are made through the shank through which a pin 18 maybe inserted beneath the beam and a similar pin 19 above the beam, thebeam being held between the pins.

A strut 2O is connected at one end to the beam 10 by means of an eyebolt21 and at its other end to the loader by means of an eye-bolt 22. Thestrut is provided with a turn-buckle 23 for adjustable altering itslength so as to shift the angle of the beam 10 in relation to theloader.

The beam has attached theretoa series of rearwardly extending rake-teeth24, and also two brackets 25. An oscillating shaft 26 is mounted in theouter ends of the brackets 25 and has fixed thereon a series of pendantfingers 27, the fingers being spaced so as to correspond with the spacesbetween the rake teeth.

Each of the fingers is bent backwardly at its lower end so that as thefingers are swung into the spaces between the rake-teeth, their endswill not pass farther forward than the line of the rake-teeth in thecorresponding plane. The groundwheel 14 has a crank 28 upon each sideand a bifurcated pitman 29 is connected therewith so as to be actuatedupon the rotation of the ground-wheel. The rear end of the pitman isslidably mounted in connection with a curved pin 30 that extends from apendant-arm 31, the latter being fixed to the shaft 26. Through theaction of the pitman the arm is swung to and fro and the shaft 26thereby oscillated so that the fingers are repeatingly brought into thespaces between the rake-teeth. The pin 30 is curved so that as thetrailer is swung, the pitman. will slide upon the pin in the same are,the center being the stud 16 upon which the bracket 15 turns.

In using this invention the apparatus is attached to the hayloader withthe beam connected thereto substantially as described and the pins inthe studs 8 are set in such of the holes in the studs as will admit ofsuch elevation of the beam as will bringthe rake-teeth in properrelationto the gr ound. A similar adjustment is also made'betwee n the beam andthe shankrof the..traile1:.

6 It will be noted -that the apparatus e2;-

tenjds to one side of the loader ,.pr oper,,iti.

being the intention that as theloader is drawn in'the rear ofthe..ywagen towvlaieh it is attached the rake will be drawn in a pathliparal-lel to that iin- *Whi'h thewagon is moved, fand any hayrythatfalls from ithe wagon will be cja-ught- -by the-=r2tketeethanddiyertedr'einto the path +of-the loader so as to begga-thered and loadedwith :the rest of the :vha'y inithe -iregular path oftlie' 'loader. Theafingens, :in striking in -the :s'paces' -between the make teeth gtendt'o shi'ft-jih-ay caught by theizrake-teeth*sohthatifi-moYes-sueeessively from --:one toot'h to tlie other 'on"ditto .the pathaofithe loader; By formin'g the fingers with backturnedmnds, they may be pressed effectively into'ithe -spaces betWeenthe teeth --Witho1it:;beeon1ingentangled in tli e' haywso i attached.zait one aendi fto lithe beam and the other itoithe loader Kan -osei11ati ng betttr mounted :in eonnecti'on with "the; beam the fingers ofwhich are adapted swing into the spaces between .themrakeateeth; 'aground wheelsi'ipporting the out'er' end'of the beam;

vatnrank .on the glZQIlIid-WhBQlof the trailer; 45 pitman actuated bythe crank; and an arm pitman to be actuated-thereby V 2J Iii =i pp1iance'of the class described a supporting bracket attached to the1loader50 Qnthetbeater having connection rWithQtheproper, and haying-nerticals'tnilsi; beam 7 having a plate atiits inner end fitting upon 7 r Irthefistn-Zisf; springs. on'the stilbls interposed ,between the plateand the bracket; aground --Whee1- at;the"oiiter-iendoT the beajm1150111554 a which tlie' latter isPadjii-sttbly supported; a

strut connecting thebeam with the loader; a series ofrake-teethearniedbv the beam;

- an os'ei l-lating beater the ifingers' of which are adaptedto workbetweenithe rake teeth "and meansiin ednnection witl ithe gronnd 11 {an{appliance-of thegelass de scfribed, s'iipported ati'one entt by theloader;

swivelefl Tgroiind 'wheel su erti geh o'p- I the beain with! 5 thefloader a 'ser'ies of rake,

=teeth 'carri'eI1 byahe beam 3 ibeater haming' fingers thereon adaptedwork between themeth;gln t mean in eonnectionswiththe ground-wheel foractuatingithe beater.

4. In app aratus ofg the class" described; i a rake supported-3 at oneend by the l'oa'dzen; "a

"ground whee l 'supp orting the other end o'f 'th'e rake; an ?'0sei11-ati ng '=beater=iini connec- 5 tienwith the rake; andactuating-methaism-between the trailerand the ibeater lfor i iac'tuatingthe vlatter;

